how do u know...?

Question

if they just made up god??i dont really know if i believe in god or not.but it sometimes comes to my mind that anyone could just have made up that someone said all the stuff in the bible really happened??& how can u really prove it??thnx!!

Answer 1

I think God is made up, and here's why:

First, you have to define the term "God." The problem with most theists is that this term is a moving target.

In addition, because there is no evidence either for or against the existence of God, you cannot use deductive logic (a+b=c; therefore c-b=a). You can only reach a conclusion by inductive reasoning using the balance of evidence (90% of A is also B; C is B, so the chances are 90% that C is also A).

So to begin with, I will assert (and others may shoot this down) that the only RELEVANT definition of God states that GOD INTERVENES TO CIRCUMVENT NATURAL LAWS.

If God circumvents natural laws, then it becomes impossible to understand natural laws. All scientific findings would have to include the stipulation, "It is also possible that these results are an act of God, a miracle, thereby making our research meaningless."

However, we have been able to expand our knowledge of natural laws (evidenced by every appliance in your kitchen). Therefore, because the scientific method leads to applicable discoveries, and the likely conclusion is that God, at least the intervening kind, does not exist.

Additionally, if God is defined as all loving, all powerful, and all knowing, then it is impossible to explain suffering. Either God is not all loving (he acts sadistically), not all powerful (he cannot prevent suffering), or not all knowing (he created suffering by mistake because he didn't know the consequences of his actions). A God who is not all-loving, all-powerful or all-knowing is also not sufficient for the definition of God, because any God that fails to meet these criteria becomes bound by rules that are greater than God.

If God is bound by external rules and/or does not intervene in our existence, then God is either non-existent or irrelevant. The classic Bertrand Russell argument is that I cannot prove that a china teapot is orbiting the sun between the earth's orbit and Mars. But while I cannot prove this is not true, the evidence against it is compelling.

The evidence against God is equally compelling, and while it is not possible to prove beyond any doubt, it makes enormously more sense to live your life as if there were no God.

It is more compelling to me that humans have invented God (a) to help people deal with the pain and fear associated with death and loss, and (b) to reflect the thoughts of the ruling powers in a particular time. Humans are always searching for explanations. When none were found, it was the natural inclination to declare that the cause of the unexplained was "God" (or gods). As the faith grew, miracles (coincidences) and laws were ascribed to this Divinity, and an orthodoxy grew up around it.

Now it seems unhelpful to believe in such superstition. The only matters that aid in our ongoing well-being are work, location, health, sustenance, and pure, blind luck.

So that's why I don't believe God exists. And you know what? It's okay if others do believe God exists.

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Answer 2

We have this little game here whereby we drink when we see a repeat question. Have you ever seen that credit card commercial where the kid says "80 bajillion"? That is how many times the question you asked has been asked before. That means I am drinking, right after I click Preview > Submit.

God will not be tested. If you are looking for answers for yourself, then trust God, accept the gift, and the evidence will be presented to you. You will know it is from God by the way it happens.

If you are seeking to show that Christians are a gullible group, you are getting nowhere. You are actually making whatever group you belong to look really bad.

You have two choices - actually three.
Choose God, or let God choose you.
Defy God.
Use the search feature in Y!A.

I recommend the first, and the last.

Answer 3

I don't buy what a lot of religion has to offer, but the fact that men have worshipped some form of higher power for tens of thousands of years, all aroud the globe, sometimes in complete isolation from other cultures lends a certain credance to the idea.

I can't prove it to someone else, but I have no doubts. As for the bible, it offers much wisdom and little more.


With Love,
Shane K.

Answer 4

How do you that what they say about evolution is real?

You can't prove it!

But you can prove that God exsists. Read the Bible.
Still don't believe?

Well, It's called having a little faith.

Answer 5

There is no way to prove it. You can relate the bible to history but as for proving a so called religious god, there can be no way.

Answer 6

Try this!! Pry to God just once or twice. Ask him to give you a sign that you're real, and go to church a couple of times. You will be able to feel it in you. The joy of going! Yet, I'm half wicca and half Christian, but I still believe!! I honor the earth and worship Jesus at the same time. Trust me, Jesus will help. Good luck finding the right path for you!

Answer 7

You really can't prove that there is a God, however; you really can't prove that there isn't one either.

The thing about any religion is it requires faith, believing in that which is not noticeable. I believe in gravity though I cannot see that it is real.

Like I said, it's not really able to be proved, you just need to have faith in whatever it is you believe.

Answer 8

Read the History

Answer 9

I can`t prove it to you. I know because I feel God in my soul and know within my heart that he is always there. he has brought me through many trials. He has answered my prayers. When you except Jesus as your Savior its because you feel conviction in your heart. You feel a need to repent and a desire to believe in him. Conviction comes when the Holy Ghost brings that feeling on you.. He`s the comforter that Jesus left with us when he assended into Heaven.

Answer 10

Because he has spoken to me. Including once to save my life. No-one made that up. No way did I know an 18-wheeler would shoot a red light and T-bone my truck if I had started off at the green.

God is, and always will be.